Back row standing left to right: Tanya Penny, Vice President, Verizon; Carolyn Walsh, Vice President, Southwest Region, UPS; Michael McGranaghan, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Johnson & Johnson; Scott Buchanan, VP, PepsiCo Global Procurement, PepsiCo Inc.; Robert McCormes - Ballou, Director, Vendor Development & Diversity,
Office Depot; Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President,
Corporate External Affairs and Chair
of the Coca - Cola Foundation; John Wilder, Chairman and
CEO, TXU; Karen Sclafani, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Avis Budget Group, Inc.; Michael Robinson, Program Director, Global Supplier Diversity, IBM Corporation; John Jefferson, Director
of Diversity, Shell Oil Company; and Jean Baderschneider, Vice President, Global Procurement, Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Nareit also announced the members
of its 2018 Advisory Board
of Governors, who are selected by the Executive Board: Edward K. Aldag, Jr., President and
CEO, Medical Properties Trust, Inc.; Andrew M. Alexander, President and
CEO, Weingarten Realty Investors; Peter E. Baccile, President and
CEO, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.; William C. Bayless,
CEO, American Campus Communities, Inc; Albert P. Behler, Chairman,
CEO and President, Paramount Group, Inc.; H. Eric Bolton, Jr., Chairman and
CEO, MAA; Byron L. Boston,
CEO, President and Co-CIO, Dynex Capital, Inc.; Jon E. Bortz, Chairman and
CEO, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust; Jay A. Brown, President and
CEO, Crown Castle International Corp.; Stephen E. Budorick, President and
CEO,
Corporate Office Properties Trust; Richard J. Campo, Chairman and
CEO, Camden Property Trust; James B. Connor, President and
CEO, Duke Realty Corporation; Michael J. Covey, Chairman and
CEO, Potlatch Corporation; Mark J. DeCesaris,
CEO, W.P. Carey; Thomas J. DeRosa,
CEO, Welltower, Inc.; Gordon F. DuGan,
CEO, Gramercy Property Trust; Conor C. Flynn, President and
CEO, Kimco Realty Corporation; Philip L. Hawkins, President and
CEO, DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.; Maria R. Hawthorne, President and
CEO, PS Business Parks, Inc.; David A. Helfand, President and
CEO, Equity Commonwealth; Thomas M. Herzog,
CEO, HCP, Inc.; Jackson Hsieh,
CEO and President, Spirit Realty Capital; Eugene W. Landy, Chairman, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation; Paul T. McDermott, President and
CEO, Washington REIT; William L. Meaney, President and
CEO, Iron Mountain; E. Nelson Mills, Chairman and
CEO, Columbia Property Trust; Marguerite M. Nader, President and
CEO, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.; Arlen D. Nordhagen,
CEO, President and Chair, National Storage Affiliates; Scott D. Peters, Chairman,
CEO and President, Healthcare Trust
of America, Inc.; Paul A. Pittman, Executive Chairman, President and
CEO, Farmland Partners, Inc.; Sean E. Reilly,
CEO, Lamar Advertising Company; James F. Risoleo, President and
CEO, Host Hotels and Resorts, Inc.; David L. Rogers,
CEO, Life Storage, Inc.; Glenn J. Rufrano, President and
CEO, VEREIT, Inc.; Richard B. Saltzman, President and
CEO, Colony NorthStar, Inc.; Bruce J. Schanzer, President and
CEO, Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.; Wendy L. Simpson, Chairman, President and
CEO, LTC Properties, Inc.; David P. Singelyn,
CEO and Trustee, American Homes 4 Rent; Gerard H. Sweeney, President and
CEO, Brandywine Realty Trust; Amy L. Tait, Executive Chairman and CIO, Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.; Robert S. Taubman, Chairman, President and
CEO, Taubman Centers, Inc.; James M. Taylor,
CEO and President, Brixmor Property Group, Inc.; John T. Thomas, President and
CEO, Physicians Realty Trust; Thomas W. Toomey, President and
CEO, UDR, Inc.; and Julian E. Whitehurst, President and
CEO, National Retail Properties, Inc..